Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude with a single rivet visible

with a single rivet visible on the reverse

Leyte and Luzon

Quality die-struck pin back badge showing an imperial crown with the winged wheel of the railway service

a manufacture date of “9/43” and a size mark of “56”

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude with a single rivet visible(Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a crossed sword clasp, the twelve oclock